Shoe-varnish receptacle



(No Model.) J. HUBBLE.

SHOE VARNISH RBGBPTAGLE.

No; 402,326." v Patented Apr. 30, 1889.

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JOHN HOERLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-VARNISH:RECEPTACLE. t

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,326, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed January 4, 1889. Serial No. 295,441.. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, J OHN HOERLE, of the city of Brooklyn, county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedShoe-Varnish Receptacle, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to bottles and other receptacles having a cork orstopper provided wlth a wire which projects through the neck of thebottle into the latter and has secured to its end a sponge or bunch ofother absorbing material for taking up and applying the absorbedcontents of the bottle.

In such bottles or receptacles as above referred to, the sponge beingfull of absorbed liquid, upon drawing it out with the cork and wire, itis found to be too full of the liquid for use and to be necessary toexpel some of the liquid therefrom, Moreover, by the sponge being sofully saturated with the liquid the latter is spilled upon drawing itout of the neck of the bottle.

This invention has for its object to provide a bottle or receptacle bymeans of which these objections will be obviated.

The invention consists in a bottle or receptacle constructed ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a view of the upper portion of a bottle or receptacleconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection on the line w ac, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on theline 3 y, Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 represent modifications in horizontalsection of a detail of the invention.

In describing the invention the upper portion of a bottle or receptacle,1, for containing shoe-polish is shown, having its neck 2 formed withsuitable apertures, 3, for admission of the ends of the thumb andforefinger. Within the neck 2 is inserted a flexible tube, 4, of rubberor other suitable material, and held in place by any suitable means-suchas ribs 5 formed of rings of rubber--over which the end of the tube4 isrolled, as shown. The lower rib 5 springs into place in the bottleadjacent to the inner end of the neck, and the upper rib 5 rests on thetop of the neck of the bottle. By means of this construction the tube 4may be readily inserted in the neck 2, the lower rib 5 springing intoplace inside of the bottle, and, besides holding the tube 4 in place,also serving to prevent any of the contents of the bottle from gettingbetween the tube 4 and the neck of the bottle.

Any form of neck maybe employed which is so constructed with lateralopenings as to enable a flexible tube located therein to be compressed.

7 indicates a cork or stopper adapted to fit snugly into the end of thetube 4, and compressing the fiexible tube 4 against the inside of theneck of the bottle, thereby forming a joint:

To the cork 7 is attached a wire, 8, of a length to extend through theneck 2 into the bottle 1, and having secured to its lower end a sponge,9, or a bunch of material suitable for absorbing the contents of thebottle. The sponge 9 is of such a size as to fit snugly in the tube 4when drawn into and through it.

In use the cork 7 is pulled out and the sponge 9 drawn up into the tube4 until it is opposite the apertures 3, when the quantity of liquidcontained in the sponge is reduced by compressing the tube 4 and thesponge 9 with the ends of the thumb and forefinger, there- I by causingthe superabundance of liquid in the sponge to be squeezed out andreturned to the contents of the bottle.

In Figs. 4 and 5 are shown slight modifications of the tube 4, in whichit is provided with projections 10 adapted to be located in theapertures 3 and intended for the ends of the thumb and finger to rest,against in compressing tube 4. In Fig. 4 the projections 10 are formedintegral with the tube 4, and in Fig. 5 the projections are separatedand attached thereto in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

' 1. The combination, with a bottle or receptacle, 1, having a neck, 2,formed with the lateral apertures 3, adapted to receive the ends of athumb and forefinger, of a flexible tube, 4, fitting within the neck 2,and having projections located in the apertures 3, and stopper having awire attached thereto and I0 ribs 5 overlapping the ends of the neck,subextending through the neck into the bottle stantially as shown anddescribed. with a sponge secured to its lower end, sub- 2. Thecombination, with a bottle or recepstantially as shown and described.tacle having a neck formed with lateral apertures adapted to receive theends of the thumb JOHN HOERLE' and forefinger, and atransversely-compressi- Witnesses: ble tube located in the neck of thebottle and A. C. VOSSELER,

extending over the apertures therein, of a AUGUST HOERLE.

